Weakness Of Will In Renaissance And Reformation Thought

Author : Risto Saarinen
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 019161940X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Weakness of Will in Renaissance and Reformation Thought written by Risto Saarinen and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2011-06-30 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weakness of will, the phenomenon of acting contrary to one's own better judgment, has remained a prominent discussion topic of philosophy. The history of this discussion in ancient, medieval, and modern times has been outlined in many studies. Weakness of Will in Renaissance and Reformation Thought is, however, the first book to cover the fascinating source materials on weakness of will between 1350 and 1650. In addition to considering the work of a broad range of Renaissance authors (including Petrarch, Donato Acciaiuoli, John Mair, and Francesco Piccolomini), Risto Saarinen explores the theologically coloured debates of the Reformation period, such as those provided by Martin Luther, Philip Melanchthon, John Calvin, and Lambert Daneau. He goes on to discuss the impact of these authors on prominent figures of early modernity, including Shakespeare, Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz. While most of the historical research on weakness of will has focused on the reception history of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Saarinen pays attention to the Platonic and Stoic discussions and their revival during the Renaissance and the Reformation. He also shows the ways in which Augustine's discussion of the divided will is intertwined with the Christian reception of ancient Greek ethics, and argues that the theological underpinnings of early modern authors do not rule out weakness of will, but transform the philosophical discussion and lead it towards new solutions.

Author : Risto Saarinen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199606811
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Weakness of Will in Renaissance and Reformation Thought written by Risto Saarinen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-06-30 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The question of why people act against their better judgment has always been prominent in philosophy. Risto Saarinen presents the first study of ideas about weakness of the will between 1350 and 1650. He shows how the understanding of human conduct and free will changed in this formative period between medieval times and modernity.

Author : Marco Sgarbi
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3319141694
Total Pages : 3618 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy written by Marco Sgarbi and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 3618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gives accurate and reliable summaries of the current state of research. It includes entries on philosophers, problems, terms, historical periods, subjects and the cultural context of Renaissance Philosophy. Furthermore, it covers Latin, Arabic, Jewish, Byzantine and vernacular philosophy, and includes entries on the cross-fertilization of these philosophical traditions. A unique feature of this encyclopedia is that it does not aim to define what Renaissance philosophy is, rather simply to cover the philosophy of the period between 1300 and 1650.

Author : Anne Eusterschulte
Publisher : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
ISBN 13 : 3647550582
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anthropological Reformations – Anthropology in the Era of Reformation written by Anne Eusterschulte and published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. This book was released on 2015-10-28 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of the volume is to engage in an interdisciplinary discussion about the establishment and debates on anthropological concepts and their changes in the age of Reformation: How do anthropological concepts touch theological questions such as the freedom of will or the human likeness to God? In which ways is there a reflection on emotions? How is scientific knowledge received by theologians? How is contemporary thought on the conditio humana presented in literature and poetry? The volume combines selected papers of relevant experts with the research work of young graduate or postgraduate scholars. It tries to encourage a transdisciplinary, international discussion focused on exemplary case studies as well as systematic points of view. Thanks to the outstanding commitment of all participants of the conference we are able to present the results of this discussion, a rich and comprehensive spectrum of research work, which will encourage further research.

Author : Risto Saarinen
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
ISBN 13 : 9783161549700
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Luther and the Gift written by Risto Saarinen and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 2017-06-12 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dust jacket, back cover: In this book, Risto Saarinen studies Martin Luther's understanding of the gift and related issues such as favours and benefits, faith and justification, virtues and merits, ethics and doctrine, law and Christ. He shows that Luther both continues and criticizes the classical discusssions regarding the differences and parallels between gifts and sales.

Author : Simo Knuuttila
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400769679
Total Pages : 746 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sourcebook for the History of the Philosophy of Mind written by Simo Knuuttila and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-10-23 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fresh translations of key texts, exhaustive coverage from Plato to Kant, and detailed commentary by expert scholars of philosophy add up to make this sourcebook the first and most comprehensive account of the history of the philosophy of mind. Published at a time when the philosophy of mind and philosophical psychology are high-profile domains in current research, the volume will inform our understanding of philosophical questions by shedding light on the origins of core conceptual assumptions often arrived at before the instauration of psychology as a recognized subject in its own right. The chapters closely follow historical developments in our understanding of the mind, with sections dedicated to ancient, medieval Latin and Arabic, and early modern periods of development. The volume’s structural clarity enables readers to trace the entire progression of philosophical understanding on specific topics related to the mind, such as the nature of perception. Doing so reveals the fascinating contrasts between current and historical approaches. In addition to its all-inclusive source material, the volume provides subtle expert commentary that includes critical introductions to each thematic section as well as detailed engagement with the central texts. A voluminous bibliography includes hundreds of primary and secondary sources. The sheer scale of this new publication sheds light on the progression, and discontinuities, in our study of the philosophy of mind, and represents a major new sourcebook in a field of extreme importance to our understanding of humanity as a whole.​

Author : Daniel Heider
Publisher : Schwabe Verlag (Basel)
ISBN 13 : 3796547672
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cognitive Issues in the Long Scotist Tradition written by Daniel Heider and published by Schwabe Verlag (Basel). This book was released on 2023-02-09 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The late-scholastic school of Scotism (after John Duns Scotus, † 1308) left considerable room for disagreement. This volume innovatively demonstrates just how vividly Scotist philosophers and theologians discussed cognitive matters from the 14th until the 17th century. It further shows how the Scotist ideas were received in Protestant and Reformed milieus.

Author : Matthew A. LaPine
Publisher : Lexham Press
ISBN 13 : 1683594266
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Logic of the Body written by Matthew A. LaPine and published by Lexham Press. This book was released on 2020-11-04 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Do not be anxious about anything." When it comes to stress and worry, that's all we really need to say, right? Just repent of your anxiety, and everything will be fine. But emotional life is more complex than this. In The Logic of the Body, Matthew LaPine argues that Protestants must retrieve theological psychology in order to properly understand the emotional life of the human person. With classical and modern resources in tow, LaPine argues that one must not choose between viewing emotions exclusively as either cognitive and volitional on the one hand, or simply a feeling of bodily change on the other. The two "stories" can be reconciled through a robustly theological analysis. In a culture filled with worry and anxiety, The Logic of the Body offers a fresh path within the Reformed tradition.

Author : John Slotemaker
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004297774
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Companion to the Theology of John Mair written by John Slotemaker and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-06-24 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Companion to the Theology of John Mair explores the theological thought of this significant sixteenth-century Parisian scholar. It includes articles exploring his positions on humanism and scholasticism, faith and theology, Trinity and Incarnation, Ethics and Casuistry, Justification and Sacraments.

Author : Jason Gleckman
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9813295996
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare and Protestant Poetics written by Jason Gleckman and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the impact of the sixteenth-century Reformation on the plays of William Shakespeare. Taking three fundamental Protestant concerns of the era – (double) predestination, conversion, and free will – it demonstrates how Protestant theologians, in England and elsewhere, re-imagined these longstanding Christian concepts from a specifically Protestant perspective. Shakespeare utilizes these insights to generate his distinctive view of human nature and the relationship between humans and God. Through in-depth readings of the Shakespeare comedies ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’, ‘Much Ado About Nothing’, ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, and ‘Twelfth Night’, the romance ‘A Winter’s Tale’, and the tragedies of ‘Macbeth’ and ‘Hamlet’, this book examines the results of almost a century of Protestant thought upon literary art.